Word formation

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• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

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WORD FORMATION

Today's lesson

Aim:

Practising word formation

Outcomes:

- You can explain in your own words what word formation is

- You can form nouns, verbs and adjectives with given root words

- You can correctly change a word  to fit in given sentences

What is word formation?

Word formation is changing the form of a word 

e.g. from a noun to an adjective, or from a verb to a noun.  

 For example:

The _____ was very nervous. (sing)

You have to complete the sentence with the person noun (singer). 

You change the verb (sing) into the person noun (singer).

Follow these steps:

• Look at the word you have to change. 

Which words do you know that are in the same word family?

• The beginning of the word is often the same and the end of the word changes.

 

Follow these steps:

• What form is the new word? A verb? A noun? An adjective? An adverb?

• Nouns often end: -ment, -ion, -ness, -ity.

• People nouns often end: -er, -or, -ist, -ian.

Follow these steps:

• Adjectives often end: -able, -ible, -ive, -al, -ic, -ed, -ing.

• Some verbs end: -ise, -ate, -en.

• Adverbs often end: -ly.

Follow these steps:

• Is the new word negative? If so, you may need a prefix, e.g. un- (unhappy), im- (impolite), in- (inexperienced), dis- (dishonest), etc.

• If you don’t know the new word, guess. You may be right!

• Check your answers carefully when you finish

How it works!

 for more practise go to flo-joe.co.uk or OWS

- verb form              - noun  form            - adjective form       - adverb form

act                                 action                             active                        activily

strengthen                 strength                          strong                       strongly  

care                              care                                   careful                    carefully

decide                         decision                             decisive                  dicisively

Exercise

On the following slides you will find a couple of exercises.

Read the sentence and use the word in brackets  to form a new word that fits in the sentence.

This queue hasn't moved in five minutes. I'm getting a bit ______!
(patient)

Are you sure you have cleaned the kitchen? There is still a pretty _____ smell coming from it.
(pleasant)

Finding a cure for cancer will be a huge _____ breakthrough for mankind.
(medicine)

Have you seen my handbag John? It seems to have totally ________!
(appear)

It isn't very ____ that Paula is at home, is it? She usually works at this time.
(like)

I was just trying to be ___ towards him and he accused me of wanting his money! - (friend)

Did you reach the lesson outcomes?
You can explain in your own words what word formation is
- You can form nouns, verbs and adjectives with given root words
- You can correctly change a word to fit in given sentences

0100

If you go walking around the factory, ensure you have ______ clothing on.
(protect)